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]]> By: DragonRyda http://www.garvaghyroad.org/tips-for-buying-a-bicycle/comment-page-1#comment-13 DragonRyda Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:24:20 +0000 http://garvaghyroad.org/tips-for-buying-a-bicycle#comment-13 It sounds like you are ready to upgrade. Yes a newer bike will make a difference if in good condition. They are generally faster and require less effort. If you are regularly doing 20km on a dump bike you have a solid base to work from. It opens a whole world of opportunities to you. You will be able to ride distances you would have thought impossible. If you get carried away you could even line up for the Paris Brest Paris a 1200 km event (in less than 90 hours) Many people at your level start commuting (up to 30 km each way is common) and eventually wind up rarely using a car. The clip-in shoes/pedals are best clothing accessory you can buy. It makes a dramatic increase in the amount of power you can put into the bike. If you go for recessed cleats you won't have to walk like a duck. Toe straps are a cheaper alternative and do a similar job. But many a rider has come down after a quick stop If you regularly ride for an hour or more you will learn to love the pants (knicks) they keep everything in the right place and have padding. It took me a while to summon the courage to wear them in public, but I wouldn't go back now. I still regularly ride in a t-shirt. The jerseys aren't that much help. Except for the pockets. A lot of people spend way too much on their bikes. Losing a couple of kilos will make you go as fast as spending thousands of dollars Climbing hills will wipe out a newer rider before they get to benefit from any aerodynamic advantages. A good bike does need to be very expensive at all. There are many sitting in garages all over the world that would have less than 100 km on them. If you do a lot of distance it is not hard to justify upgrading components as they wear out. There is a very large Bling culture associated with cycling. A few stuck up trendies too. I'm not saying that you won't go quicker on the lastest and greatest. Just that spending many thousands will not make that much difference at this early stage. If you don't get caught up in the crap it is a very enjoyable obsession. Not knowing how lucky you have been in your dump pickup it is hard to gauge just how much improvement you will get. My guess is substantial. If you can find someone about your size to give you a short ride my guess is that you will be convince within 500 metres. While cycling is mostly about the rider a good bike is also an important ingedient. It sounds like you are ready to upgrade. Yes a newer bike will make a difference if in good condition. They are generally faster and require less effort. If you are regularly doing 20km on a dump bike you have a solid base to work from. It opens a whole world of opportunities to you.
You will be able to ride distances you would have thought impossible. If you get carried away you could even line up for the Paris Brest Paris a 1200 km event (in less than 90 hours)
Many people at your level start commuting (up to 30 km each way is common) and eventually wind up rarely using a car.
The clip-in shoes/pedals are best clothing accessory you can buy. It makes a dramatic increase in the amount of power you can put into the bike. If you go for recessed cleats you won't have to walk like a duck. Toe straps are a cheaper alternative and do a similar job. But many a rider has come down after a quick stop
If you regularly ride for an hour or more you will learn to love the pants (knicks) they keep everything in the right place and have padding. It took me a while to summon the courage to wear them in public, but I wouldn't go back now. I still regularly ride in a t-shirt. The jerseys aren't that much help. Except for the pockets.
A lot of people spend way too much on their bikes. Losing a couple of kilos will make you go as fast as spending thousands of dollars Climbing hills will wipe out a newer rider before they get to benefit from any aerodynamic advantages. A good bike does need to be very expensive at all. There are many sitting in garages all over the world that would have less than 100 km on them. If you do a lot of distance it is not hard to justify upgrading components as they wear out.
There is a very large Bling culture associated with cycling. A few stuck up trendies too. I'm not saying that you won't go quicker on the lastest and greatest. Just that spending many thousands will not make that much difference at this early stage. If you don't get caught up in the crap it is a very enjoyable obsession.

Not knowing how lucky you have been in your dump pickup it is hard to gauge just how much improvement you will get. My guess is substantial. If you can find someone about your size to give you a short ride my guess is that you will be convince within 500 metres.
While cycling is mostly about the rider a good bike is also an important ingedient.

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